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I have constant flashing yellow around my parts too. Same thing happened to me - guy slams on brakes I'm having to throw out the anchors in turn. Passed him while honking - no effect.InlinePaul wrote:There is a flashing yellow I go by every day and people constantly are stopping at it. They need to review their driver training manual.ClutchDisc wrote:Another thing I see a lot is people won't stop for a flashing red....but will instead stop for a flashing yellow! I came close to rear ending a guy once because all of a sudden he just slammed on his brakes for a flashing yellow. Even after laying on the horn he continued to slow down and come to a complete stop...
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We have a few flashing greens around here. They confuse me.
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What is the theoretical reason to have a flashing green? I understand the point of flashing yellow and red, but green?watkins wrote:We have a few flashing greens around here. They confuse me.
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I have never seen a flashing green on the road.
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Yes you have. While you were out here. It confused you too
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What exactly does a flashing green mean? I've never heard of it.
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I heard that a flashing green is "better than a green light" meaning it's safe to go in any direction (left, straight, right), or that it means it's an extended green light which will stay green for a long time.
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If Wiki is right, that signal is prohibited by the US manual on traffic regulations but other jurisdictions use it for crosswalks that have not been activated or signals that all traffic in one direction is protected.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic-li ... reen_light
Interesting, I'd never heard of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic-li ... reen_light
Interesting, I'd never heard of it.
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I've been to watkins' town and never seen flashing green...obviously I've never been to that part of town.
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He wants Roxanne to turn on her (his?) red light.theholycow wrote:I've been to watkins' town and never seen flashing green...obviously I've never been to that part of town.
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When that song gets to "You don't have to sell your body through the night" I prefer to sing "You don't have to propel your body through the night."
So, on the wide turns tangent...I did one this morning, but for a specific reason. There was no other traffic around, it was raining, and by going wide I was able to keep it in 3rd gear and get exactly the right amount of power to the rear wheels to get exactly the amount of sideways I wanted.
So, on the wide turns tangent...I did one this morning, but for a specific reason. There was no other traffic around, it was raining, and by going wide I was able to keep it in 3rd gear and get exactly the right amount of power to the rear wheels to get exactly the amount of sideways I wanted.
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watkins wrote:Humans have rear-biased AWD. Cows have 4WD
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I usually pull wide turns when there is a police officer who just pulled over some knob, who can't figure out where to pull over without blocking traffic. As much as I hate the flashy blues and reds behind me I try to give police a wide berth so that they can complete their stop as safely as possible. Most people just scream by and don't even try to give them space.
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I give anybody who is pulled over, but especially police officers and anybody who is outside the car (changing a tire for example), extra room too...I wouldn't describe that as a wide turn unless they are on the corner though.
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Sometimes there will be the random dimbulb who will pull over right after an intersection and everybody is forced to squeeze around.theholycow wrote:I give anybody who is pulled over, but especially police officers and anybody who is outside the car (changing a tire for example), extra room too...I wouldn't describe that as a wide turn unless they are on the corner though.